Re: [gentoo-project] William Hubbs council manifesto 2018-2019

[Rich Freeman]

On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 4:34 PM William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 02:23:02PM -0400, Alec Warner wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 2:15 PM, M. J. Everitt <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On 17/06/18 19:07, Alec Warner wrote:
> > >
> > > I really don't think this is true. Its explicitly not true for me. I was a
> > > trustee because there were open slots and someone had to 'keep the lights
> > > on.'
> > > Other people who ran for the board have expressed similar sentiments. I am
> > > running again in the next election on a platform of dissolution (closing
> > > the foundation) which is again contrary to your argument. There is no point
> > > in continuing to run a non-profit that continues to nominally accrue risk
> > > with little or no upside. Eventually it will become so toxic that you will
> > > be unable to find anyone to run it (some may say this has already begun to
> > > happen.) This is evident partially by the board's reduction in numbers.
> > > Previously the board had 13 seats, then 7, then 5. I'm not superbly
> > > confident we will be able to fill 5 seats in the next election.
>
> Rich, this argument makes no sense.

I didn't write that.  I suspect that somewhere along the way somebody
messed up their quoting.  That said, I largely agree with the point
being made (I believe by Alec).

(And to be fair, you did as well in your reply by not trimming the
rest of the email below your last comment...)  :)

-- 
Rich